Correlation between mechanical and dielectric properties of Alfa/Wool/Polymeric hybrid fibres reinforced polyester composites

Abstract

Dielectric measurements and tensile testing of polyester/natural fibres (Alfa/wool) and thermo binder fibres (Pe/Pet) composites were investigated in order to study the adhesion of the fibres in the polyester matrix. Two composites #1 and #2 having 17:1:2 and 17:2:1 as a relative fraction of alfa/wool and thermo binder (Pe/Pet), respectively, have been characterized in this study. The obtained results revealed that the fibres adhesion in the matrix was better in the composite #1 than in the composite #2. Indeed, the analysis of the interfacial or Maxwell-Wagner-Sillars (MWS) polarization intensity, using the Havriliak-Negami model, has shown a lower intensity and the tensile testing exhibited a higher Young modulus in the composite #1. So the thermo binder fibres improve this adhesion.